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Moving business processes to cloud environments may sound like a reasonably simple undertaking. But deciding which processes to migrate -- and when and how to do so -- involves some complex questions. This guide aims to provide some answers by compiling expert advice from ebizQ and other TechTarget sites.

In this Q & A and an accompanying podcast, Forrester Research Principal Analyst Mike Gualtieri speaks with ebizQ’s Peter Schooff about the growing convergence of complex event processing (CEP) and business activity monitoring (BAM). Gualtieri also offers real-world examples of the technologies in action and offers best practices for companies interested in adopting either one.

Almost every company has been stretching to do more with less -- to modernize legacy applications, to rapidly develop functionality to extend existing aplications or meet new business demands, and to integrate disparate applications and data into a cohesive platform that meets dynamic business requirements. Unfortunately, individual technical answers to these problems result in piecemeal solutions that are inflexible and difficult to maintain, while solutions based on traditional broad-based integration platforms are often complex, expensive to develop, and require months if not years to complete. What organizations need is a way to rapidly develop composite applications that integrate new business functionality with existing application logic or data.Ensemble, by InterSystems Corporation, is a comprehensive integration platform designed to meet this need.

Business Process Management (BPM) is a burgeoning area of enterprise software spending, as companies move to automate and improve the processes that run their business. PegaRULESTM Process CommanderTM is a BPM solution from Pegasystems Inc. that provides enterprises with the ability to automate and manage both their business processes (how people and systems interact) and their business practices (corporate policies and business rules).

In the face of the current economic climate, BPM projects need to return back to basics to successfully meet the needs of today’s dynamic enterprise. They need to quickly deliver the benefits that organizations need or require, without the barriers of cost, time, complexity and staffing that have built up around BPM over the years.
Building on the foundation of using BPM for process automation and now applying nimble BPM and project management-oriented capabilities, enterprises can drive business change in practical ways. A nimble BPM approach can do this more easily than traditional BPM platforms, providing fast process automation and results that are embraced by business users, thereby ensuring success and ROI.

Workflow Director meets the needs of standard, flow-based processes, while Process Director is designed to provide an effective interface for modeling more non-linear, activity-based processes. This white paper teaches you why the two interfaces together can provide organizations with the opportunity to model, optimize, and manage all of their most important business processes.

Smart Case Management: Why It's So Smart.

Joe McKendrick: Part II of II: Designing Evolve-ability into SOA and IT Systems

In part two of Joe McKendrick's recent podcast with Miko Matsumura, chief strategist for Software AG, they talk about how SOA and IT systems need to change and grow and adapt with the organization around it.

Quick Guide: What is BPM?

Quick Guide: What is Event Processing?

Smart event processing can help your company run smarter and faster. This comprehensive guide helps you research the basics of complex event processing (CEP) and learn how to get started on the right foot with your CEP project using EDA, RFID, SOA, SCADA and other relevant technologies.
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Quick Guide: What is Enterprise 2.0?

A lot of people are talking about Enterprise 2.0 as being the business application of Web 2.0 technology. However, there's still some debate on exactly what this technology entails, how it applies to today's business models, and which components bring true value. Some use the term Enterprise 2.0 exclusively to describe the use of social networking technologies in the enterprise, while others use it to describe a web economy platform, or the technological framework behind such a platform. Still others say that Enterprise 2.0 is all of these things.
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